adj.
- (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.
▸(of a tree or plant) not producing fruit or seed.
- (of a female animal) unable to bear young.
- bleak and lifeless.
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(barren of)
devoid of.
n.
(
barrens)
chiefly N. Amer. barren tracts of land.
Derivative
- barrenly adv.
- barrenness n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. barhaine, of unknown origin.